cheap (9533) reviewed Cherry Wheat from Ellicottville Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Eye is light brown orangish hint on hazy pale. Very slight cherry nose. First taste is mild cherry and a minimal tart impact, could use more. Palate is not wheat ale bitter as other ellicottville wheat fruit beers I've done and I'm thankful for that. Goes down fairly easy and the co2 level pretty good. In the middle I'm finding this decently balanced, just enough wheat ale bitterness to let you know it is a wheat ale, yet not enough forward to get in yer face. For overall taste, I must say the session is better than expected. Could drink another without much issue.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Slightly hazy, bright yellow amber color with a small white head; aroma of graham cracker, spice; somewhat smooth palate; balanced flavor with a long, light bitter finish
cheap (9533) reviewed Weed Wacker from Ellicottville Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 1.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1
Pour is hazy pale from a 2$ can obtained at chalet, north lima. Nose is stronger sweetness laced with agave and hints of lime aroma. Pond scum thin head. First taste is quite sharp in bitterness, not like hops, but more like unripe lime peel and pulp. Description is a little misleading regarding the bitterness. Its almost phenolic in nature. Whew. Also, where is the tangy? Absent. Think harsh plastic. Was hoping for more, considering the label but this is certainly a unique IPA displaying all its poorly made immature rookie brewer, sharp bitter colors. Must be the agave and lime. Oh well. Dissapointed, just turned out to me another of a quadzillion IPA out there. Over population of the style fer sher.
tfontana (7277) reviewed Sugar Cookie from Ellicottville Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can (10/3/24) from Oliver's Beverage Center, Albany. Hazy (fine particulate mist) golden yellow, tons of sparkle, fizzy thin head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is vanilla, holiday spices. Taste is vanilla, strong holiday spices and fruit. Smooth, soft texture, medium bodied, lively carbonation and finish as taste. A little early for the holiday beers but didn't want to let this sit any longer. Glad for the opportunity to sample the brewery.
cheap (9533) reviewed Blackberry Kolsch from Ellicottville Brewing 8 months ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
From a bottle, pour is plain old clear pale yellow. Nose is dull mild blackberry perfume. First taste is generic fruit beer; typically subtle, but temperate bland insipid and vapid. Kolsch feel and bitterness is retained. Decent carbonation level. Not impressed with most fruit beers of this genre.
cheap (9533) reviewed Oops! All Berries from Ellicottville Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 1.5 | Texture - 1 | Overall - 2
$2 can. Pour is clear near orange pale. Nose is delightfully artificial berry. First taste tells me its not really a kettle soured beer as described. Yea, its fruit, but its dull artificial berry fruit beer with fortified alcohol added. Think berry flavored cleaning fluid. What tartness? What sour? Who knows? Very poor job and I'm pissed picking this up thinking I was getting an open vat sour wild brew. Yes, there is some very mild tartness but I bet this was added with chemicals too. What a mess; there, you have it. Not as bad as an IPA, but pretty bad none the less.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Another 16 oz can of imperial stout picked up from Half Time, a colorful label, no disputing that. Two good things I see in advance. Barrel aging and bourbon. I have a tulip glass ready to go for the pour so I proceed. I determine a brown-black liquid with a thin light tan skim. A sniff lets me know there is booze involved along with chocolate and toasted bread. The taste is all right but is not up to the level I anticipated. Wheat bread, chocolate certainly, a touch of bourbon, some unexpected coffee, berries, malt and earth. The sensation is thinner than I like in an imperial stout. Decently okay.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Ski Bum from Ellicottville Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
s: grassy | crisp | biscuits
a: clear copper coloured body | nice tan head
t: bitter | nutty | rustic grains
p: toast | light stone fruits | floral end
o: rounded | malt-forward | metallic finish - decent after skiing in Ellicottville (Holiday Valley)
12 ounce bottle | Red Eye Beverage Company: Salamanaca, New York | 02-February-2025 | US$2,38 | bottled: 05-November-2024 | sampled: 28-February-2025
6.0,7.5,6.0,5.0,6.0 (rb)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
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cheap (9533) reviewed Mai Bock from Ellicottville Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 4
2$ can. Sweet malty nose. Light brown tint on orange yellow. Slight haze. Head fades to pond scum. First taste is sweet malty and boozy. Very slifght co2, somewhat mouthcoating. A stronger brew fer-sher. Just a hair of astringent, barely detectable, bite in the middle. Not sure if I'm liking this but, it does have an alky content that helps me forget about that passing thought. Gets a little oily near the end. Decent lacing in the glass. Not too bad for a stronger beer, more manners than many at this alky content.